i look at people in the eyes
to see if there’s somebody in there
wide digital almost sky
with the strength of an answer
almost a hope in how vast
and curious in the same place
the same troubled half-squint
faraway like a question
or tedious wish to be somewhere
like last night left over from something
forgotten and seen inside a book
looking up carried into a smile
i saw you with my same eyes
we were tired and old